US8256174B2ExpiredUtilityA1

Tower construction

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Assignee: IRNIGER PHILIPPPriority: Sep 23, 2005Filed: Sep 22, 2006Granted: Sep 4, 2012
Est. expirySep 23, 2025(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Philipp IrnigerReto Clenin
Y02E10/728Y02E10/72E04H 12/12E04H 12/16
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PatentIndex Score
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Claims

Abstract

The invention relates to a tower construction with an annular cross section, comprising one or more component tubes arranged concentrically one on top of the other, wherein at least one component tube is composed of at least 3 tube segments, the tube segments of at least one component tube are pretensioned relative to one another by means of tensioning devices, hereinafter referred to as segment tensioning devices, and the component tubes have tensioning devices, hereinafter referred to as component tube tensioning devices, which act at least in the axial direction and extend over at least one horizontal joint, the tube segments and the component tubes composed therefrom form, at their butting edges, joints having gaps, the gaps of the joints are filled at least partially with a joint-filling material, and the joints between the tube segments of the same component tube allow a certain, substantially constraint-free rotation of the adjoining tube segments about the joint axis.

Claims

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1. A tower construction with an annular cross section, comprising:
 a component tube that includes at least three tube segments, wherein:
 the tube segments are prestressed relative to one another by a segment bracing device, 
 a component tube bracing device extends either above or below one tube segment of the tube segments, 
 adjacent tube segments form joints with gaps at butting edges of the adjacent tube segments, 
 the gaps are filled at least in part with a joint filling material, 
 the joint filling material is an elastic filling material at least in some joints, and 
 the joints are configured to allow a certain rotation of the adjacent tube segments about a joint axis. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one joint between at least two tube segments extends in a vertical direction. 
     
     
       3. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one joint between at least two tube segments extends obliquely. 
     
     
       4. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein vertical and/or horizontal butting edges are formed at least in part in such a way that they form, directly or with the aid of an additional shaped element, a positive locking connection which acts in at least one direction. 
     
     
       5. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the component tube bracing device extends at least in part inside a wall of the tube segment. 
     
     
       6. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the component tube bracing device extends at least in part outside a wall of the tube segment. 
     
     
       7. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the component tube bracing device is at least in part bonded to the tube segment. 
     
     
       8. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the component tube bracing device is at least in part unbonded to the tube segment. 
     
     
       9. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the segment bracing device extends at least in part inside walls of the tube segments. 
     
     
       10. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the segment bracing device extends at least in part outside walls of the tube segments. 
     
     
       11. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the segment bracing device is at least in part bonded to the tube segments. 
     
     
       12. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the segment bracing device is at least in part unbonded to the tube segments. 
     
     
       13. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein different joints have different joint filling material. 
     
     
       14. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein adhesive serves at least in part as the joint filling material. 
     
     
       15. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein mortar serves at least in part as the joint filling material. 
     
     
       16. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the joint filling material consists at least in part of sheeting. 
     
     
       17. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the joint filling material has different properties over a cross section of a filled joint. 
     
     
       18. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the joints of the tube segments extending along a wall in a vertical direction are arranged in alignment with one another. 
     
     
       19. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein positive locking connections comprise, at least in part, interlocking profiles between the tube segments. 
     
     
       20. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein positive locking connections comprise, at least in part, mutually complementary profiles between the tube segments. 
     
     
       21. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein positive locking connections comprise, at least in part, mutually inter-engaging non-complementary profiles between the tube segments. 
     
     
       22. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, with a positive locking connection between the tube segments, a tongue and groove connection is formed by an additional shaped element. 
     
     
       23. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an optionally present shaped element for a positive locking connection between the tube segments consists of the same material as the tube segments. 
     
     
       24. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an optionally present shaped element for a positive locking connection between the tube segments consists of a material other than that of the tube segments. 
     
     
       25. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tube segments are produced from fiber concrete. 
     
     
       26. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tube segments have reinforcement at least in the region adjoining the joints. 
     
     
       27. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tube segments have reinforcement exclusively in the region adjoining the joints. 
     
     
       28. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein vertical joints are dispensed with at least one end of the tower construction. 
     
     
       29. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein vertical joints are dispensed within a region of openings. 
     
     
       30. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of component tubes are arranged concentrically on top of one another. 
     
     
       31. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 30 , wherein at least some of the component tubes used have a cylindrical design. 
     
     
       32. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 30 , wherein at least some of the component tubes used have a conical design. 
     
     
       33. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tower construction is part of a wind power installation. 
     
     
       34. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tower construction is part of a telecommunications installation. 
     
     
       35. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tower construction is designed as a chimney. 
     
     
       36. The tower construction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tower construction is designed as a cooling tower.

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